CYBG axes deal with former Barclays boss following Virgin Money merger November 12, 2018 The new owner of Virgin Money has cancelled the bank’s partnership with a technology company run by former Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins. CYBG, which also owns Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank, axed the deal following its £1.7bn takeover of Virgin Money in September, Sky News reported. Virgin Money had hired Jenkin's fintech start up 10X [...]
Theresa May to put Brexit ‘Plan B’ before parliament on 29 January January 17, 2019 Parliament is set to vote on Theresa May’s Brexit “Plan B” on 29 January, it was announced today. House of Commons speaker Andrea Leadsom confirmed the date this morning, saying MPs will debate the new plan as May sets out her next steps towards Brexit. Read more: Hammond rules out no-deal Brexit in business conference [...]
Ethereum’s EIP-1559 launch update August 18, 2021 Metaverse guru Dr Chris Kacher says it is time to make way for the era of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other transformational crypto technologies.
Bristol ‘virtual touch’ firm raises £35m December 3, 2018 Virtual touch technology company Ultrahaptics has raised £35m in a new funding round and brought in a major new backer. The University of Bristol spin-off has developed technology that projects the feeling of an object like a switch or a knob into a users’ hand. This is done by speakers sending out sound waves from black [...]
What do a scarecrow, a five foot chocolate Easter bunny and a glass eye have in common? January 2, 2019 Budget hotel brand Travelodge said today that weird and wacky items customers had left behind in its rooms last year included a blue eyed cockatoo called Brexit, a five foot teddy bear made of popcorn and a doggy throne. The hotel chain said pet owners had been particularly forgetful with three butterfly tail fish named [...]
Island hopping, dodging coconuts and chasing giant tortoises in Seychelles May 10, 2019 Biking around the flat sandy paths of Desroches island in the Indian Ocean, with only birds, turtles and tortoises for company, I happen across a warning sign nailed to a palm tree on the edge of the new Four Seasons resort. “Beware of falling coconuts”. Just moments later I encounter a similarly rustic sign bashed [...]
The Lancia Aurelia Outlaw is a controversial classic modified with hot rod-style roof chop. Tim Pitt drives it January 14, 2019 In the introspective, often impenetrable world of blue-chip classic cars, matching numbers are what matter. Collectors prize originality above all else, be it perfectly preserved patina or a better-than-new restoration. Subjecting a 1950s Italian GT to a hot rod-style roof chop is thus akin to spray-painting a smirk on Botticelli’s Venus. And displaying said car [...]
B&M side-steps clouds gathering over retail stocks January 4, 2017 B&M has side-stepped the overall gloom surrounding retail stocks this morning, rising over seven per cent in morning trading after a strong trading update. Other retail stocks – including Marks and Spencer's, Debenhams' and Associated British Foods' – have taken a hit today after Next tumbled 11 per cent at the open. Read more: Next [...]
One Hyde Park flat becomes Britain’s most expensive home after £160m sale October 9, 2018 A penthouse apartment in the luxury One Hyde Park development has become Britain's most expensive home after being sold for £160m. The penthouse apartment in the Candy brothers' high-end London block was bought for the record amount in May, Land Registry documents revealed. It was sold to two offshore companies PHB London Holdings Ltd and PHB [...]
Commonwealth: Blockchain regulation multiplier? April 9, 2019 I first met Loretta Joseph at the CogX conference at Tobacco Dock in London’s Wapping last June. I recently caught up with her via a WhatsApp call when she was in Istanbul en route from Mauritius to Serbia. As a former banker, with 25 years of experience, she has advised international banks, hedge- and pension-funds [...]